Massachusetts Storage & Grid jobs: 5,446 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 5,446 people in the storage & grid sector — about 5.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 4th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)
National share: 5.53% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Massachusetts ranks 4th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 5,446 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 4,395 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 13,863 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Massachusetts’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The storage & grid sector nationwide employs roughly 98,434 workers; Massachusetts accounts for 5,446 of them.
1.3 Where Massachusetts sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 86,920 | #6 |
| Solar | 16,827 | #4 |
| Electric Vehicles | 5,533 | #6 |
| Storage & Grid | 5,446 | #4 |
| Wind | 2,816 | #13 |
| Hydropower | 1,630 | #9 |
| Nuclear | 919 | #23 |
| Clean Fuels | 599 | #8 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Massachusetts
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contributes 5.53% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 4.5% of total clean-energy jobs (5,446 of 120,689 workers).
Cost-of-living in Massachusetts is roughly 10.4% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Massachusetts-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $119,111 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $105,178 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $73,946 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Massachusetts employers rate 20.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 47.9% of Massachusetts’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.
4.1 Employer hiring difficulty
4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 48,798 |
| Professional Services | 47,573 |
| Trade | 30,832 |
| Other Services | 21,762 |
| Manufacturing | 15,295 |
| Utilities | 13,735 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 929 |
| Mining and Extraction | 51 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 32 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.
Last updated: April 2026.